Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program

The mission of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program is to: build awareness of the Library’s educational initiatives; provide content that promotes the effective educational use of the Library’s resources; and offer access to and promote sustained use of the Library’s educational resources. The Library achieves this mission through collaborations between the Library and the K‐12 educational community across the United States. The program contributes to the quality of education by helping teachers use the Library’s digitized primary sources to engage students, develop their critical thinking skills and construct knowledge. Learn more about the Library’s TPS program and other resources available to teachers at www.loc.gov/teachers. Learn more about the Library of Congress

Teaching with Primary Sources at Illinois State University

Milner Library on the campus of Illinois State University (ISU) hosts the Teaching with Primary Sources program at Illinois State University(TPS-ISU) funded by a grant from the Library of Congress. The TPS-ISU program is the only member of the TPS consortium facilitated by an academic library. The TPS-ISU program works with K-12 schools, universities, associations, and libraries to provide professional development to inservice teachers, preservice teachers, and library information specialists so that they can utilize the Library's vast collection of digitized primary sources to enrich their classroom instruction. Professional development opportunities provided under the Teaching with Primary Sources program at ISU include workshops, seminars, graduate courses, distance learning courses, and mentoring to teachers of all disciplines. Learn more about TPS

Content created and featured in partnership with the TPS-ISU program does not indicate an endorsement by the Library of Congress.